The mural, an early example of noted artist Isaiah Zagar's work, was covered up more than 30 years ago. It likely dates back to the mid-1970s,
The mural, an early example of noted artist Isaiah Zagar's work, was covered up more than 30 years ago. It likely dates back to the mid-1970s,Philadelphia — quirky, spontaneous, bold, eclectic — brightening hundreds of drab exterior walls with glittering abstracts of glass, mirrors, tiles, and found objects.
On the morning of July 29, 2022, a fire inside the electrical box in Jim’s basement destroyed the restaurant, while smoke and water flooded Eye’s. Technicians with the nearby, which displays Zagar’s largest work, removed or restored what they could of the mosaics, and the Zagars agreed to sell their building to the Silver family to expand the restaurant.
Early last year as workers linked the buildings, Emily Smith, the Magic Gardens’ executive director, and Stacey Holder, its preservation and facilities manager, were on the second floor. “We had remembered some of Isaiah’s photographs that we had come across, and they showed mosaics in an outdoor vestibule area,” Holder said.The area, which Silver had earmarked as a semiprivate dining room, was covered with water-damaged drywall, which Holder estimated had been installed in the late 1980s.
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